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. 2013 Jan 28;10:11. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-11

Table 2.

Association of individual and neighbourhood characteristics with leisure-time walking and cycling

  % N Odds Ratio (95% CI) Model 3a
Leisure-time walking Leisure-time cycling
Individual characteristics
 
 
 
Age (years)
49 ± 17
1.01 (1.01 – 1.01)*
1.00 (1.00 – 1.00)
Gender
 
 
 
Men
47.2%
1.00
1.00
Women
52.8%
1.46 (1.38 – 1.55)*
1.18 (1.12 – 1.25)*
Ethnicity
 
 
 
Native (Dutch)
87.1%
1.00
1.00
Non-native, Western
6.4%
1.19 (1.06 – 1.35)*
0.84 (0.75 – 0.95)*
Non-native, non-Western
3.5%
1.16 (0.99 – 1.37)
0.54 (0.45 – 0.63)*
Non-native, origin unknown
2.9%
0.90 (0.76 – 1.06)
0.68 (0.58 – 0.81)*
Household composition
 
 
 
Married/partner, no children
37.8%
1.00
1.00
Married/partner with child(ren)
39.9%
0.93 (0.87 – 1.01)
0.94 (0.87 – 1.01)
Single, no children
17.2%
0.74 (0.68 – 0.81)*
0.77 (0.71 – 0.84)*
Single with child(ren)
4.4%
0.70 (0.60 – 0.81)*
0.75 (0.65 – 0.87)*
Unknown
0.8%
0.59 (0.43 – 0.80)*
0.77 (0.56 – 1.06)
Education
 
 
 
Tertiary education
26.3%
1.00
1.00
Secondary education: upper level
35.5%
0.73 (0.67 – 0.79)*
0.79 (0.74 – 0.86)*
Secondary education: mid level
8.5%
0.65 (0.58 – 0.73)*
0.73 (0.65 – 0.82)*
Secondary education: lower level
14.8%
0.58 (0.52 – 0.64)*
0.73 (0.66 – 0.81)*
Primary education
14.6%
0.42 (0.38 – 0.47)*
0.48 (0.43 – 0.53)*
Unknown
0.3%
1.08 (0.61 – 1.91)
0.63 (0.38 – 1.06)
Household income (€)
 
 
 
>29.900
20.9%
1.00
1.00
23.600 – 29.900
20.5%
1.02 (0.93 – 1.12)
1.04 (0.95 – 1.14)
19.200 – 23.600
20.1%
1.00 (0.91 – 1.10)
1.15 (1.04 – 1.26)*
15.200 – 19.200
19.8%
1.03 (0.93 – 1.13)
1.21 (1.09 – 1.33)*
<15.200
17.8%
0.95 (0.85 – 1.05)
1.11 (0.99 – 1.23)
Unknown
1.1%
0.93 (0.70 – 1.25)
1.06 (0.79 – 1.41)
Household wealth (€)
 
 
 
>293.469
15.1%
1.00
1.00
148.000 – 293.469
15.0%
0.97 (0.87 – 1.09)
0.97 (0.87 – 1.08)
39.047 – 148.000
14.5%
1.02 (0.92 – 1.14)
0.87 (0.78 – 0.97)*
3.362 – 39.047
13.6%
0.89 (0.80 – 1.00)
0.71 (0.63 – 0.79)*
<3.362
12.2%
1.00 (0.89 – 1.13)
0.70 (0.62 – 0.79)*
Unknown
29.6%
1.02 (0.92 – 1.13)
0.83 (0.75 – 0.91)*
Neighbourhood characteristics
Population density
 
 
 
Very dense
16.5%
1.00
1.00
Dense
27.6%
0.92 (0.84 – 1.01)
0.99 (0.90 – 1.09)
Moderately dense
21.8%
0.97 (0.88 – 1.08)
1.03 (0.93 – 1.14)
Slightly dense
23.2%
0.99 (0.89 – 1.10)
1.04 (0.94 – 1.16)
Not dense 10.9% 1.03 (0.91 – 1.17) 0.97 (0.85 – 1.10)

*p≤0,05.

aAdjusted for age, gender, ethnicity, household composition, education, household income, household wealth, population density.